Macrofloral biostratigraphy of the Newent Coalfield,Gloucestershire |
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Authors: | C J Cleal |
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Abstract: | Boreholes recently drilled by the British Geological Survey provide the first extensive collection of fossil plants from the Newent Coalfield, Gloucestershire. They belong to the Lobatopteris vestita Biozone, indicating a late Westphalian D age. The Newent sequence is thus homotaxial with part of the Forest of Dean Coalfield, and supports the view of Wills (1956) that there was a ‘strait’ extending across St George's Land during the late Westphalian. |
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Keywords: | Newent Coalfield Westphalian D Palaeobotany Biostratigraphy |
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